by lmarti17 | Mar 9, 2025 | Digital Exhibit
By Lauren Martinez, Family & Human Services major, class of 2025 Setting the Stage Mexican women are not often seen as leaders of their families. Juanita E. Hovgaard, formerly Valencia, and her family did not follow the typical narrative of Mexican railroad...
by ngarcia2 | Mar 8, 2025 | Digital Exhibit
By Natalie Garcia, IRES major, class of 2025 Part 1: Crossing the Border, Starting a Family, and Moises Aguilar’s Introduction to the U.S. Railroad Industry The Aguilar family was a quiet yet persistent force in Lane County. They continued to make space for themselves...
by ivanacal | Mar 7, 2025 | Digital Exhibit
Por: Ivana Calderón, Latin American Studies Class of 2026 Sin la necesidad de ser familiares, estas 6 personas convivieron durante una época que fue significativa para México y los Estados Unidos. Estos seis hombres eran traqueros, cuyo trabajo consistía en construir,...
by mbaer | Mar 6, 2025 | Digital Exhibit
By Maya Baer, History Major, class of 2026 A Story of Achievement: Herminia “MiMi” Sanchez was raised by Mexican immigrant parents and came of age during the 1950s in Lane County, Oregon. The differences between her and her parents shows a story of upward...
by jweise | Jun 6, 2024 | Digital Exhibit
Balbina Abad cannot find words to explain her childhood in the early years of Francisco Franco’s dictatorship. Or perhaps, she would rather let the words continue to hide within her own mind. As Franco pursued an economic policy of “autarky” to close Spain’s economy...
by csanc | Jun 4, 2024 | Digital Exhibit
By Christian Sanchez, History Major, Class of 2027 Eugene, Oregon, is a small city surrounded by mostly white families. At the start of the 1900s, the Mexican Revolution caused immigrants to migrate up north toward the United States. The railroad industry was booming...